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CARD, a prepaid card startup, wants to build a banking platform off affinity marketing

Bank Innovation

To CARD.com, however, personalization actually refers to the look and feel of its debit card. Card's website presents the offering as an attempt to make banking fun ("CARD.com treats you as an individual who is cool like James Dean," the website states). Customers can […].

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Federal banking regulators issue statement on loan reference rates and advise prompt transition from LIBOR

CFPB Monitor

The Fed, FDIC, and OCC have issued a “ Statement on Reference Rates for Loans ” that addresses replacement rates for the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR). The Committee is a group of private-market participants convened to ensure a successful transition from LIBOR.).

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Deep Dive: How Gift Cards Become Grift Cards For QSRs

PYMNTS

Gift cards are a popular revenue stream for quick-service restaurants (QSRs), largely for the same reasons they are popular among retail businesses of all types: They bring in new customers, promote loyalty among existing customers and create additional revenues when customers exceed the value of their gift cards. billion in 2019.

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Market your community bank with first-party data

Independent Banker

Illustration by The Laundry Room/Stocksy Customer data fuels efficient and effective marketing these days. From these actions, community banks receive data on their income, home address, email address, credit card debt, employer and financial products they want to learn more about.

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IDEX's biometric cards enter the Japanese market

The Paypers

Norway-based IDEX Biometrics has brought its TrustedBio reference card design to the Japanese market through an unnamed payment card integrator.

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Mastercard Digital Commerce Suite To Make Every Card ‘Token Ready’

PYMNTS

17) that it will enable tokenization services on all cards by 2020, as part of its Digital Commerce Solutions, a suite of offerings geared toward making online transactions speedier and more secure. The company is also working with issuers, including Citi and Fifth Third Bank, to convert cards on file into tokens.

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CFPB turns attention to college banking agreements in annual report on college credit card agreements

CFPB Monitor

Last week, the CFPB released its eleventh annual report to Congress on college credit card agreements. The annual report is mandated by the CARD Act. The CARD Act requires mandatory reporting to the CFPB by card issuers on agreements with institutions of higher learning or certain affiliated organizations (such as alumni associations).

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